Anna ended up DFing and got broken despite having clearly won the game earlier. She did end up winning the match so it didn’t matter but imagine if this was SP and MP.

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At just 21, she is the highest-ranked Filipino tennis player in history.

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First win for Flavio after being down 0-2 at a slam. He will take on the winner of qualifier Basavareddy/Schoolkate next.

As expected, Fritz easily gets through his opening match against a teen WC. He will face Bellucci/Piros next.

📸: @some__days__ on Instagram, the creative directors. They mentioned that this was part of Nike’s larger campaign with Jannik, Aryna, Naomi, and Qinwen, so more pics are likely to be released soon!

At the press conference, questions turned to a very sensitive topic: Ben Rothenberg in particular asked Matteo Berrettini what he thought about the tournament being sponsored by a betting company. Here's his response at the press conference, reported by Ubitennis . It's a complicated topic, because players, and I too, have said in the past that we receive messages, and I myself have experienced moments where I really didn't feel comfortable playing with people who disrupted the match and did things that, in my opinion, had nothing to do with tennis, especially around the court. I've seen it especially in Challenger matches, even in some videos where it was really tough. I know it's complicated, it's not easy to say: you can come in or you can't come in, because you don't know how they'll behave, but something definitely has to be done. On the other hand, I think that if it's done right, if it's managed in a controlled manner—when I'm talking about betting, if it's something that doesn't lead to gambling-related degeneration—then it can even be fun. I've personally never done it in my life, and I don't think I'll start. I don't like casinos, I don't like that kind of thing. But I think it's part of our sport, and if I'm not mistaken, a lot of the money on the tour comes from there. It's part of who we are.

I just think we need to protect the players and do everything we can to create a safe environment for everyone, because, if I'm not mistaken, an Italian tennis player received messages at Indian Wells, and here's my brother: at Roland Garros, he received messages on his phone threatening my family and things like that. So I think we need to create a stronger structure, I don't know, a stronger committee to protect the players. Then, regarding sponsors, I honestly don't know what's right or wrong. I just think that, if it's done the right way, I don't see anything so negative about it."

Do you always get messages about your games?

"Yes. I won a match and they wrote things like, 'Matteo is so bad that if you don't tell him to lose,' or something like that, 'we'll kill your family,' or 'we'll do this.' They threatened us. Obviously, he reported everything to the ATP and we reported everything too. They have the phone numbers and everything. But we're thirty years old, we're adults, but when I think about girls and younger people, receiving these kinds of messages can be scary. We're tennis players, so it's important to protect ourselves."

Lys went down a break immediately in both sets but turned it around both times, especially in the second where Knutson had several points to go up 4-0.

Eva will play either [5] Mirra Andreeva or Janice Tjen next! On the other hand, Gabriela will have a weekish to rest before heading to Portugal to play in the Caldas da Rainha 125.

Serve was crazy today

I didn't realise Leylah has modelled herself on Rafa. Go Leylah.

The quintessential Keys match where we got to witness peak and nadir Keys. She was unable to serve out either set but was able to break back both times to win in straight sets. She will play the winner of Havlíčková/Bondár next.

Sakkari looked finished down 0-4 in the second set but played solid as Montgomery grew more and more erratic. She’ll play Yuliia Starodubtseva next!

Robin will have the remainder of this week as well as next week to rest before heading to Mexico to hopefully qualify for the Guadalajara Slam™️.

Disturbing images from the ATP Challenger Tour in Zhangjiagang where Elias Ymer collapsed several times due to heat.

What a lovely family. I still remember when his daughters were toddlers dressed in matching outfits. Now they’re 17. I wonder how tall they are? I’m sure they’re wearing heels in this photo but they still look quite tall.

I was at my third US Open yesterday and I noticed something innovative. If you've never been, there a lots of smaller courts for "lower level" play. Many of those courts have simple bleacher-style seating.
This year, they've created something really interesting, a "player's box". I actually like the addition, considering one year I was sitting right next to a top 100 level player's coach. Almost felt like a high-school game.
Just thought I'd share.